Chapter 206: Milestones of club career
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Fox in the Penalty Area
- Lin Hai Ting Tao
- 2101 characters
- 2021-05-08 12:31:07
Luo Kai put on noise-cancelling headphones. Although the music has not been turned on, the surrounding sounds have become much smaller.
Especially the voices of the teammates' words, like a quilt, which is not very real.
But it didn't matter, Luo Kai didn't understand what they were talking about anyway.
There was a roar of laughter from time to time in the dressing room, but Luo Kai did not understand what they were laughing at.
So it's better to bring noise-cancelling headphones, turn on the music, and use music to isolate yourself from the outside world.
It has been almost a month since he came to Veronica, Tramed's satellite team, and he still hasn't been able to integrate into this team.
Until now, he has no relatively familiar people in the team, let alone friends.
The reason is language.
Wörendam, where Veronica is located, is located adjacent to the Netherlands and Germany. Dutch and German are spoken here.
Luo Kai only knows a little English.
Therefore, he and his teammates can only have the simplest, easiest, most basic and most basic communication.
"Hello", "Thank you", "Goodbye"...similar to this.
It is almost impossible to communicate in depth.
And Luo Kai is not the kind of character who likes to communicate and chat with people without problems.
For example, now, when someone in the locker room is dancing and saying something, making the other teammates laugh, he chooses to put on headphones to turn on the music and immerse himself in his world.
He didn't mean to be indifferent, he also wanted to be part of the team, and he also knew the benefits of being part of the team. But when he thinks that he and his teammates can't communicate, and can only make gestures and chat with the ground, he feels particularly embarrassed.
Luo Kai also tried but failed in the end. After dancing with each other for a long time, Luo Kai felt exhausted physically and mentally when looking at each other's confused and embarrassed but polite smile...
He really couldn't hook up with anyone like Hu Lai.
Also because of the lack of smooth integration into the team, after joining Veronica, Luo Kai disappeared from public view.
Nothing happened at all.
At the beginning, everyone was full of expectations for him. After all, the two main players of the Chinese national team and the traditional Chinese Super League giant Hedong Raiden, the newly promoted to the Eredivisie, how can they be able to play the game?
Actually not.
It has been almost a month since he joined the team and he hasn't got a minute of game time. Even... I haven't even entered the competition list.
This is very similar to how Hu Lai went to Leeds when he joined the team for a full month, and he couldn't even enter the big list of matches.
But Hulena is in the Premier League, and Luo Kai is in the Eredivisie. Even if Leeds City and Veronica are both relegated teams, are the difficulties and requirements of the Premier League comparable to the Eredivisie?
Luo Kai's physical fitness was originally better than Hu Lai, and the reason why Hu Lai has not been selected for the Leeds City list for a full month is related to his improvement of his physical ability to fight.
In this regard, Luo Kai has an advantage, and the strength of the Eredivisie's physical confrontation is certainly not as good as that of the Premier League.
As a result, Luo Kai still didn't even make the big list for a full month... There have been some bad voices on the Internet in China that Luo Kai has gone abroad this time, although there are still sporadic voices, very few people’s views. .
Originally, Luo Kai’s staying abroad was of great significance, because he was the second person after Hu Lai, and how he performed abroad was directly related to the future and destiny of the latecomers.
So from this perspective, Luo Kai's overseas study has received no less attention than Hu Lai.
In the sound of music, I don’t know why, Luo Kai suddenly thought of the translator that he had put in his apartment in Linji City before he packed his luggage and came to Europe...
He was not thinking about bringing a translator, but thinking about why Hu Lai could master a language so easily?
After coming to the Netherlands, he has already started taking language classes, learning Dutch.
But progress is far from being comparable to Hulai.
In the impression, Hu Lai seemed to be a seamless connection. When he went to Leeds, he could immediately see news reports about him chatting with the British on the Internet.
It's like learning English a long time ago, it's not like taking the time to study by himself...
Is this kid secretly using the translator to communicate with his teammates?
Luo Kai frowned.
Maybe I should have brought a translator back then?
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When Luo Kai asked that question, it had been a month since he held Tramed's scarf high and stood in the red top court with Kevin Locke for a photo.
During this time, Luo Kai gradually became "hidden", and news reports about him became less and less.
He failed to steal Hu Lai's limelight.
The city of Leeds, where Hulay is located, is still advancing.
After finishing the game with the North London Rangers and announcing the success of the relegation seventeen rounds ahead of schedule, Leeds City ushered in the FA Cup opponent Hudes.
Faced with this team that was relegated from the Premier League last season, Tony Clark made a wide range of adjustments to the starting lineup.
Almost all the main players rest.
Hu Lai and Camara are not on the list at all.
Nevertheless, Leeds also defeated Hoods 2-0 at home.
Since Hudes was relegated from the Premier League last season, the team's strength has plummeted. At present, he is only ranked 20th in the Premier League, only five points more than the relegation zone and two places higher. It is impossible for this "British and even the world's strongest team" of the 1920s to return to the Premier League.
I don’t know what the mood of the Hoods club management will be when seeing that the central defender Ben Grist, who was not reused in the team, is now the main force in the Premier League second Leeds...
But at least Grist was lucky that he had escaped from the sea of suffering and chose the right direction at an important crossroads in life.
In this FA Cup game, Grist also started, facing his former club, he performed very well. It is one of the important heroes of Leeds City being able to seal opponents in the game.
After the FA Cup, Leeds City challenged Vigerston, ranked fourth.
Vijayston is not the traditional BIG6 of the Premier League. In the past, he was able to rank in the top ten at the end of each season, even if he performed well.
But they performed well this season and are currently ranked fourth.
Although Leeds played away from home, they eventually defeated their opponent 2:1.
Although Hulay did not score a goal in this game, he unexpectedly gave an assist-it was because of his assist that Leeds finally won the opponent away.
At that time, no one thought that Hu Lai would take the initiative to pass the football to Camara when he had a shot.
Camara himself did not expect that he almost missed this opportunity.
Fortunately, he reacted quickly. After making a mistake, the Vijayston defender, who was on the way, took a kick and the football flew into the goal.
The goal took place in the last ten minutes of the game. Leeds took away three points from the away game with this goal and retreated.
After the game, Hu Lai was asked by reporters what he thought of his first assist this season and whether he was the kind of "selfish" player.
"Who said I was selfish? I would pass the football to a teammate who was in a better position. That's how Camara's goal was."
"The problem is, you only have one assist this season..." the reporter reminded him.
Hu Lai frowned and thought for a while and replied: "That may be because my position is better most of the time?"
A group of reporters looked at each other, and then found that they were speechless.
Because what Hu Lai said...makes sense!
Before Hu Lai had not gone abroad to play football, the Chinese media knew that Hu Lai was very strong off the ball.
Now Hu Lai has played in the Premier League for a year, and the English media also commented that Hu Lai's off-ball running is top-notch in the entire Premier League.
This obviously does not belong to Hu Lai’s boasting, but a fact that everyone recognizes.
So he said that "my position is better" is not a problem at all.
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On January 18th, in the 23rd round of the league, Leeds City played against Liverpool United at home. It was another victory, another 2:1.
In the game, Hulai ran to one of the best slots, and then received a scalpel-like through ball from Jay Adams and easily pushed the football into the goal. Scored his eighteenth league goal of the season.
At the same time, this is also the 29th goal he scored after joining Leeds City, plus the assist he gave to Camara in the previous round of the league. He has scored thirty goals in Leeds City, which is a milestone in his club career.
At the same time, the bonus terms of the Leeds City Club will be automatically activated, and two million pounds will be credited.
Hu Lai looked at the balance number in his bank account and smiled like a child.
Then I felt a little regretful-it was a pity that this bonus was a one-time bonus, and it was gone after this time.
His expression of regret was written directly on his face. How could Yong Jun not know what he was thinking, so he said to him: "We should also consider renewing the contract with the club. At that time, many terms can be discussed again..."
Now Hu Lai earns an annual salary of 2 million pounds in Leeds. Although there is an annual increase of 15%, this is still too small in the view of Yong Jun.
Leeds City’s current maximum salary belongs to the team’s future leader, Pete Williams, a talented player they cultivated. At the end of last season, they reached an agreement with the club and successfully renewed their contract.
Although neither party has publicly announced the specific details of the new contract, according to the information disclosed in the "transfer window", it is said that Williams now has a weekly salary of 100,000 pounds and an annual salary of 5.2 million.
This is not only the highest salary in the Leeds City team, but also the highest salary in the history of Leeds City Club~EbookFREE.me~. The reason why Leeds City Club is able to give such a high salary is to join the team with Hulay. Regarding, Hu Lai’s outstanding performance in Leeds City attracted a lot of Chinese capital. After various new sponsorship contracts were signed, the Leeds City Club’s wallets naturally bulged.
For this reason, the remuneration target that the Yongjun has given Hu Lai this renewal agreement is to at least match that of Williams.
After all, all the money from the club is ultimately obtained by Hu Lai for helping them attract investment. You can't favor one and the other, right?
Regardless of how Hu Lai and Williams have a good relationship within the team, they have a close personal relationship.
But at the negotiating table, Yong Jun, who is Hu Lai's agent, would not care about these, he would do his best to maximize the interests of Hu Lai.
As the team's top scorer, an important contributor to relegation, and currently ranked first in the Premier League's scorer list, Hu Lai should have a salary worthy of his performance.
And he is confident to persuade the club to submit.
As long as the club’s general manager Eric Duffy has no water in his head, he should know what choice to make the right one.
Hulay is now a hot red man in the Premier League. There are countless teams paying attention to his performance. If Leeds City is really unwilling to subdue, then he has too many places to go. There is no need to be in Leeds City. Hanged from the tree.
Originally chose Leeds City to adapt to the Premier League and European football. Whether it is Hu Lai or Yong Jun, no one intends to play in Leeds for a lifetime.
I believe Eric Duffy also knows this, so in fact it will not be too difficult for the two parties to reach an agreement.
The only difficult part is perhaps how to get the Leeds City Club to satisfy Hu Lai’s changing reward terms...
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